St Colmcille’s GFC welcomed players, families, friends and the wider community for its annual charity blitz in aid of St Francis Hospice held on Saturday, 19th September. The club has been holding the popular fundraising event almost every year since 2016 in honour of two of the players’ mothers who passed away and spent some […]

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Swords Tidy Towns has been winning awards for many years as they work during all weathers to keep our community clean. They also put fantastic efforts into decorating Main Street and other areas with summer flower arrangements. Not so well known is an STT member who works on removing the graffiti that pops up with […]

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Who are North Dublin Toastmasters?North Dublin Toastmasters is a club that helps members become more confident by developing a range of social, communication and leadership skills. We provide our members with a relaxed, friendly, fun and professional environment to help them achieve these goals. You can volunteer for a variety of roles at our meetings […]

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Rush Tourism has been overwhelmed by the response to this year’s Heritage Week programme, Rush 1926–2026: A Walk Through Time, with large attendances at every event and an extraordinary reaction both locally and from much further afield. Throughout the week, residents joined a series of walks and talks exploring the people, families and places that […]

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For more than a decade, Rush juniors has welcomed children aged 4 to 14 to Kenure Park on a Sunday morning for a fun 2km run. We were actually the first ever junior parkrun event in Ireland and have hosted thousands of kids at 470 events since our launch in late 2015. There are now […]

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Rush Cricket Club recently celebrated a remarkable milestone — 50 years of consecutive women’s cricket, from 1976 to 2026. The occasion was a wonderful celebration of the many players, past and present, coaches, volunteers, families and supporters who have contributed to this incredible chapter in the club’s history. The celebrations began with a Youth Cricket […]

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Another summer begins to draw to a close a the Let’s Play Rush Summer Sports Day takes place at Tayleur’s Point. The old-school style sports day filled with fun, laughter, and a wide range of sporting games and activities is open to all families in the area. Developed as part of the European URBACT Playful […]

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Rush farmer Shane Halpin has made history after he was named the 2026 FBD Young Farmer of the Year, becoming the first winner from Dublin in the competition’s history. Shane runs Welgro Produce with business partner Sean, growing seven acres of cucumbers across multiple sites in North County Dublin. Having been involved in farming, particularly […]

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Malahide has been chosen as part of a new €20 million Towns and Cities Regeneration Investment Fund. The village will receive €7 million for the pedestrianisation of New Street. The projects in Fingal were included in a list of almost 120 projects across every local authority in the country which was announced this week by […]

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For many of our athletes, October sees the culmination of a summer and early autumn of a tough block of training. There are other marathons but the majority will take on the 26.2 miles of the Dublin City Marathon on Sunday 25th October. It’s something that most will look forward to with excitement and a […]

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